Next India-China boundary talks in New Delhi

September 19th, 2009 ISTANBUL - For peace to prevail along the Sino-Indian border, all boundary issues need to be resolved in right earnest, External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna said in an exclusive interview to ANI here on Friday.

September 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Recent talks between India and China on saving the critically endangered tiger were "not a great success", Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh admitted here Thursday. The talks were held during the minister's recent visit to Beijing.

September 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amid concerns over reported Chinese border violations, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday said Indian armed forces were capable of defending the country's frontiers.

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With recent Chinese incursions creating anxiety in India, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan has convened a high-level meeting of top officials Thursday to formulate an appropriate response to what is widely seen as Beijing's hostile posturing.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Cautioning against creating excessive alarm over Chinese incursions into Indian territory, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday said India was closely monitoring the situation and assured that there will be no lowering of defenses in this regard.

September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Downplaying recent Chinese incursions into the Indian territory of Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Monday said India has one of the most peaceful boundaries with China and added that the issue was being sorted out.

August 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The hopes for substantive progress in China-India border talks were "dim" as the two nations began their 13th round of boundary negotiations on Friday, experts in international studies have said. Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo (r), special representative of China in Sino-Indian Boundary Talks, and his Indian counterpart, National Security Advisor M.K.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Setting aside speculation about strains in bilateral ties, India has said it is engaged in talks with China to monitor the glaciers in the Himalayas, a strategic border region, and plans to collaborate in climate change negotiations. "We are talking to the Chinese about monitoring the Himalayan glaciers," Minister for State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh told Britain's Financial Times.

July 22nd, 2009 PHUKET - Setting aside recent strains in bilateral ties, India's External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna held his first meeting with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi and stressed that India and China are not rivals but partners in an emerging Asia.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of the boundary talks with China next month, India Thursday disclosed that Beijing had objected to New Delhi's loan proposal for a project in Arunachal Pradesh at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and made it clear once more that the northeastern state, which China has claimed, is "not negotiable". "India and China seek a fair and mutually acceptable solution to the boundary issue.

June 25th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh is set to protest to the UN against Myanmar's claim to the territorial sea in the Bay of Bengal, where maritime boundaries have caused disputes and led to stand-offs. Foreign ministry officials told New Age newspaper Wednesday that Dhaka may send in its protest even before the next round of technical discussions with Yangon in mid-July.

June 15th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began his visit to Russia with bilateral talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao here Monday night. The meeting comes weeks before the special representatives of the two countries hold their next round of negotiations on their decades-old boundary dispute Aug 7-8 in New Delhi.

June 12th, 2009 BONN - Climate negotiators from the Obama administration will be in New Delhi to hold bilateral talks on what India is ready to do to tackle global warming, the leader of the US delegation to a UN conclave said here Friday. Jonathan Pershing, who led the US delegation at these preparatory talks of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for the December summit in Copenhagen, said he had met the leader of the Indian delegation Shyam Saran on the sidelines of the talks here.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will continue to partner with China on the global stage and strengthen its relations with the Asian power, but at the same time not compromise on its territorial integrity, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday. In a speech in parliament, Manmohan Singh said that China was a strategic partner with which India has a multi-lateral partnership, including a large trading relationship.

June 9th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood said on Tuesday that a joint committee is working towards finalisation of a boundary map between India and Nepal to resolve the border issue that has long been in contention. "The technical-level committee is working towards finalisation of the map," Rakesh Sood said.